this song came out when i was in primare 6 in about 1984.We lived in the same neighbourhood at cole street at lawanson surulere-Lagos.He was every child hero in the neighbourhood.
I ALSO GREW UP IN THE AREA I'M PROBABLY FEW YEARS OLDER THAN YOU I WAS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL. BACK THEN. WE WERE SPOILED WITH GREAT CHOICES OF LEGENDS WITH THE LIKES OF FELA KUTI, ONYEKA ONWENU, IK DAIRO, OLIVER DE QUE, THE MANDATORS AND MANY OTHER GREATS OF BLESSED MEMORIES.
Correct, we stayed at clegg street and I always jam them on the street freely while being used as hand bag 😅 for my older cousin, I was barely in primary 3. Think he lost his wife long ago,Peggy if my memo is right
I always have this unexplainable nostalgic feeling whenever I listen to The Mandators. I wish Victor can just repeat all these supernatural songs today and make great fortunes. God bless!
My dear brother Victor Essiet.....when you sang this song, Nigeria was paradise. I wonder what you'll sing in this present day Nigeria. It's a totally hopeless case. I cry for Nigeria.
2023 i am still here. Funny enough when this song was released i wasn't born yet, but i came to appreciate and love this song when i grow up. It hurts me to marrow that people with raw talent in music industry like this never make so much from it. God bless the mandators.
36 years actually. 1988. Watch this growing up. JSS1. Watching it all over again in 2024... and you begin to wonder, has anything changed really? If it was a rat race then? I wonder what it is now? Nigerians will ever quit this Docile nature and for once demand proper governance from the government?
This song has been sounding in my mind for days now, and it brings back nostalgias that I can't explain. So I decided to look for it. Thanks chinwe for posting. I hope this vacuum I feel get filled by this song.
It saddens me that the Real artistes never made the kind of money & fortunes that this present bunch of nuisance that parade them selves as musicians make out of the crab they sing.
It’s called CHANGE and CIVILIZATION we still have present good artist who sings the truth, the likes of Burna boy, 2face, including me Tino Baba check my music it’s on all platforms world 🌎 wide. Jboy don’t call be specific don’t classify all present artist nuisance ok? I’m one among the present musicians of today!
This song came out when? 20/25 years and situation in Nigeria is still the same. Thank God for my life. He helped me change my situation and I am helping my people, one peson at a time.
...another classic from the stables of Premier Music. I did grow up with this. Lots of Nostalgia. I think Premier Music was the record label of its time, more like what Kennis was in the early 2000's.
The Mandators were an unapologetic tour de force singing against tyranny and oppression. Their songs are still relevant today as it was when they fearlessly sang against military oppression. Respect.
Ayiomosi, I totally agree with you. And to think that these singers got very lttle monetary reward then is amazing when compared to the apparent afflunce of today's singers irrespective of the apparent didactic void in their songs. You could see that this was a man who understood the socio-political and economic dynamics of his time and how the power relations of the day affected him and would affect his children. It is this mental poverty that is now our major problem.
Been listening to this song for more than 30 years. Everything he said has come to pass. Now, do we need anyone to tell us that these are the true prophets?
One thing I liked about Victor Essiet was the way he kept his natural Nigerian accent; in interviews he spoke normally, unlike some other Nigerian reggae singers who tried to copy thier Jamaican counterparts with this really stupid Ja-fake-ian accent (Yes, I'm looking at you Ras Kimono!)
this songs remind me of my late dad and mum I listen to this songs with tears in my eyes I miss nija too bad where are the music legend of Nigeria? thanks for uploading this songs
My God ! this is real talent . voice is flawless and the lyrics hits the nail on the problems Nigeria had then , and still has till this day. what happened to real music. The new generation artist rely on nothing but auto tune and meaningless lyrics ....
@Jim3573 When you listen to so many songs that came out of the 80's they sound like prophesies now. There seemed like an awakening then and all these singers were singing about awareness and responsibility but like you said nobody was listening. What legacy have our leaders left todays youth. It is a tragedy.
WOW! GREAT ARTISTS FOR NIGERIA. THEN I USED TO BUY TRACKS BCOS THEY INSPIRE YOUR LIFE,NW I CNT SPEND A PENNY ON THE MEAN LESS SONGS THEY PRODUCE THIS DAYS.
This and the likes of it are music, song and rythm together.. not the senseless shakushaku and Uku now adays.. if u know what RAT RACE Style means, u will know our government has finished us. . Confusing us .. still watching in 2020
oh my god... the best reggae song ever out of nigeria.... memories from back in the days... new artists take a cue and stop all these rubbish songs you are all singing today.. these guys were the real artists.....
Most reggae singers sang freedom songs because Mandela was still in jail. Show me one Nigerian reggae artist who didn't sing about apatheid, and I'll streak in your neighbourhood. After his release, there was no need for freedom songs. Also, people began to favour Shabba Ranks type of reggae, which meant the old-school type became less popular. And let's not forget rap music - in the early 90's we all started listening to the Americans, and by the late 90's Nigerian rap became the most popular form of music, and it still is to this day.
Still very relevant in April 2022 as we build up to the 2023 elections in Nigeria and the global imperialistic tendencies and hypocrisy of so called developed world.
Actually, Victor decided to marry that Akwa chick before he had even legally married Peggy, and she wasn't happy because the girl had moved into the house and taken over - he didn't really dump her, she left with her pride. Secondly, Peggy did indeed have two children, but they were not twins. Finally, as bkundekole hinted, Peggy could actually sing, but Victor restricted her to backing vocalist. She later released an album that was pretty good, but no-one bought it, poor woman.
this song came out when i was in primare 6 in about 1984.We lived in the same neighbourhood at cole street at lawanson surulere-Lagos.He was every child hero in the neighbourhood.
I was in primary 6 in 1984 I'm 51 years
I ALSO GREW UP IN THE AREA I'M PROBABLY FEW YEARS OLDER THAN YOU I WAS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL. BACK THEN. WE WERE SPOILED WITH GREAT CHOICES OF LEGENDS WITH THE LIKES OF FELA KUTI, ONYEKA ONWENU, IK DAIRO, OLIVER DE QUE, THE MANDATORS AND MANY OTHER GREATS OF BLESSED MEMORIES.
Correct, we stayed at clegg street and I always jam them on the street freely while being used as hand bag 😅 for my older cousin, I was barely in primary 3. Think he lost his wife long ago,Peggy if my memo is right
Today is Saturday, 11th of February, 2023 and Rat Race by The Mandators still make a whole of lot meaning to Nigerians. Thank you The Mandators.
Rest In Power Peggy Essiet! Victor Still vibing
Many people are Still in the rat race here in Nigeria, may Jah have mercy
So much respect for this man and his wife. To think that this protest song was done during the reign of the military earns double respect from me.
Oh Nigeria is still the same after many years the wickedness of our leaders are written everywhere.Great respect man.
I always have this unexplainable nostalgic feeling whenever I listen to The Mandators. I wish Victor can just repeat all these supernatural songs today and make great fortunes. God bless!
This reminds me of my late dad. Things were better off when you sang this song, Victor my brother. This is the Nigeria we will not see again.
When he was writing this music Nigeria was far better than now what a prophet he is master piece
My dear brother Victor Essiet.....when you sang this song, Nigeria was paradise. I wonder what you'll sing in this present day Nigeria. It's a totally hopeless case. I cry for Nigeria.
Couldn't agree less bro.
The title of the song would probably be something like "Speechless", " I don tire" or maybe "kuku kill me"....
He fore sees the future my brother, is the best Nigeria ragae artist have ever known
Suicide and suicide attempt is more now than ever because of frustration from the nation's leaders and discouragement
We should call it a day with the 100 year Nigerian experimental project, let every region go home and start afresh.
Breath of fresh air is needed.
wonderful! those days! watching NTA music request on Sunday after church! life was so simple then! well maybe to a child anyway.
barrys2020 exactly bro...that's what it was bro. Sad we had to grow up lol
I will forever be young in my heart but my body gets old
2023 i am still here. Funny enough when this song was released i wasn't born yet, but i came to appreciate and love this song when i grow up. It hurts me to marrow that people with raw talent in music industry like this never make so much from it.
God bless the mandators.
Who then introduced you to the song?
30 years since this song came out and nothing has changed
Good old days
Things are finally changing
36 years actually. 1988. Watch this growing up. JSS1. Watching it all over again in 2024... and you begin to wonder, has anything changed really? If it was a rat race then? I wonder what it is now? Nigerians will ever quit this Docile nature and for once demand proper governance from the government?
I’m happy to be here listening to one of the greatest reggae legends. Rasta!
This song has been sounding in my mind for days now, and it brings back nostalgias that I can't explain. So I decided to look for it. Thanks chinwe for posting. I hope this vacuum I feel get filled by this song.
Same here.
I just missed the good old days.
I miss those days.I love Oldies music.
Great songs never fades. Still relevant in today's word. True talents .
nice music
He prophesied what is happening now in Nigeria ♥️♥️
I feel like crying listening you here again sir Viçtor, pls God bring back these old prophets of music
It saddens me that the Real artistes never made the kind of money & fortunes that this present bunch of nuisance that parade them selves as musicians make out of the crab they sing.
*CRAP* not crab! 😂😂😂
@@grace4551 😂😂😂
God bless u sir
It’s called CHANGE and CIVILIZATION
we still have present good artist who sings the truth, the likes of Burna boy, 2face, including me Tino Baba check my music it’s on all platforms world 🌎 wide.
Jboy don’t call be specific don’t classify all present artist nuisance ok? I’m one among the present musicians of today!
@@tino_baba change and civilization are not same thing ….
i grew up with this great music, he was my idol, i wonder why he stopped making music.
Lyrics and Rhythm you can't beat! thank you Victor for the Memories!
The very BEST of the mandators !!! Never gettin tired listining to this track. Love it !!
Powerful song, brings back so much childhood memories
This song came out when? 20/25 years and situation in Nigeria is still the same. Thank God for my life. He helped me change my situation and I am helping my people, one peson at a time.
Who is listening Jan 2024, the mandators, victor essien who left his wife, I remember the mandators
It's Victor Eshiet, Essien
You go sabi gossip oo
Please he didn’t leave Peggy. Listen to his interview, her mother destroyed their marriage
What a lovely old school music. see how time fly. this make to remember old days.
Yes oooooooooo I feel like crying
...another classic from the stables of Premier Music. I did grow up with this. Lots of Nostalgia. I think Premier Music was the record label of its time, more like what Kennis was in the early 2000's.
The Mandators were an unapologetic tour de force singing against tyranny and oppression. Their songs are still relevant today as it was when they fearlessly sang against military oppression. Respect.
weeping in my heart..these songs were prophetic. Unfortunately, no more songs again..all we have now is rubbish.
Such a touching song. Makes me cry a litte, but love it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane
Our Father in heaven please revived our country Nigeria before it will be too late. God bless Nigeria
Ayiomosi, I totally agree with you.
And to think that these singers got very
lttle monetary reward then
is amazing when compared to the apparent
afflunce of today's singers irrespective
of the apparent didactic void in their songs.
You could see that this was a man who
understood the socio-political and economic
dynamics of his time and how the power
relations of the day affected him and
would affect his children. It is this mental
poverty that is now our major problem.
Tears dropping 😥😥😥
Visionary artistes The Mandators
still the best Nigerian reggae star.
fantastic composition, fantastic delivery, fantastic message... the nostalgia though!
The mandators looked into the future of our present day as they sang this melodious music.
I actually have tears in my eyes typing this
@@michaelahunanya7289 so inspiring. Goes deep to heart.
Me too. I miss the good old days.
Same here....have lost of the closet guys to me that I shared these moments with.
@@christopheroni8099 Same here man
@@luckyokoro620 Sorry to hear that man😭God dey
God bless who ever posted this video..Go Mandators..Its sad that it is still a rat race in Naija
True Lyrics, Wonderful VOICE.God Bless U..
Evergreen song, we take you for granted, forgive us
Lexy uwaechue exactly
I will forever remember this song. Oh my Primary School Days
Best Nigerian ragea artist and best ragea track ever
Been listening to this song for more than 30 years. Everything he said has come to pass. Now, do we need anyone to tell us that these are the true prophets?
August 2019 this song hit home . God help us to be more proactive in this nation
This is one of my favorite songs from that Nigerian 90's reggae era
One of the 80s legend. I love it
Still very much an instructive song decades after.
My childhood oooooooooooooooooooooo!
Nothing don change ooooooooooooooooooooo, suffer still dey. RIP Peggy
Hopeless case bro
Thank you Chinwe O for uploading this video!
This the song I grew up with!
God bless you MR Mandator. Powerful song.
Classic Nigerian beat the pair mandators was unstoppable the 80s was rough. Still remains one of the most melodies I feel nostalgic
One of my best artist in the early 80s
May your soul continue to rest in Peggy.
One thing I liked about Victor Essiet was the way he kept his natural Nigerian accent; in interviews he spoke normally, unlike some other Nigerian reggae singers who tried to copy thier Jamaican counterparts with this really stupid Ja-fake-ian accent (Yes, I'm looking at you Ras Kimono!)
this songs remind me of my late dad and mum I listen to this songs with tears in my eyes I miss nija too bad where are the music legend of Nigeria? thanks for uploading this songs
Rap took over, so people stopped listening to reggae.
Very very correct.
Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@itsjemmabond And now pple has stopped listening to Rap Afro Beat has taken over. The only constant thing is change.
R.I.P to the lovely peggy.
OMG, is she dead!? So sad! May she rest in peace!
@@chiemekanwaogwugwu9995 Yes, she died in 1999.
Everything Victor was lamenting in this song from 1984 is still going on in Nigeria today.
E don tay calabar people dey give us good music...
Na tru my brother
Na delta guy pls..check it out
@@yomiadewumimartins9741 . Na Calabar. Although Delta too dey try.
Akwa Ibom born@@yomiadewumimartins9741
Oh yes no doubt the biggest reggae sound out of Naija
One of the greatest reggae artists in d world
Victor Essiet and his extrange wife Peggy. still listening in 2024, The poor is always at the receiving end, great Prophets.
This brought tear anything am listening to this ..... Memoriesss
I visit occasionally ... it helps bring back beautiful memories.
One of the best song (lyrics wise)to ever come out of Naija.
The 9th time I am listening to this song and crying 😭😭😭😭😭
My God oooo...Mandators.... Thanks for this posting....Please we want more...
My God ! this is real talent . voice is flawless and the lyrics hits the nail on the problems Nigeria had then , and still has till this day. what happened to real music. The new generation artist rely on nothing but auto tune and meaningless lyrics ....
Lmao tell Davido and Wizkid.
Lyrically the young generation is empty. Funny enough they are making the fattestdough.
Lolly P the then artist were not afraid of Military power and them still went ahead and sing. Modern days artist can't be bold enough. Pathetic.
FACT
@Jim3573
When you listen to so many songs that came out of the 80's they sound like prophesies now. There seemed like an awakening then and all these singers were singing about awareness and responsibility but like you said nobody was listening. What legacy have our leaders left todays youth. It is a tragedy.
Chinwe thank you sweetheart for this song
Toomuch respect for mandators
Get ready to feel old....ready yet??? Wait for it.....this song 'll be 30 years this year.🤤🤤🤤🤤
A message more real today than when this song was song.
I weep for our people
The rat race we were running in the '80s was even far assured than the current race! At least we had a race to run in the '80s. Mtcheew!
mandators....we are proud of you
Oh my God! Who's watching July 2017
just come across is it. and it took me back in to the good old days when I was much younger .
2021 boy!
Great song never fade away s the best 💪🙏🙏
Niece song the mandators .much love.peggy r.l.p
like this dude big time! great voice
Majestic and powerful song indeed from the brothers and sisters and God almighty willing it shall be achieved, peace, amen 🙏😭🤣
still listening to this 2017....
Sad and Beautiful tune.........
Thanks 4da share brother Tampinu!!!
i grew up with this songs..getting emotional.
Am still listening to this lovely song 16.09.2020. Hit like if you are here
WOW! GREAT ARTISTS FOR NIGERIA. THEN I USED TO BUY TRACKS BCOS THEY INSPIRE YOUR LIFE,NW I CNT SPEND A PENNY ON THE MEAN LESS SONGS THEY PRODUCE THIS DAYS.
Always liked this song👍🏻👌🏻
This and the likes of it are music, song and rythm together.. not the senseless shakushaku and Uku now adays.. if u know what RAT RACE Style means, u will know our government has finished us. . Confusing us .. still watching in 2020
Rat race hit me if here 2019 👍
It is stll a rat race inna we country and the world.
Big up, Victor Essiet
FANTASTIC MUSIC. And very original.
What year was this song done? Yet Nigeria and African hasn't changed for better.
1988.
You guys’ll like to act like Africa has been like this for thousands of years yet Nigeria isn’t even 70 years old
It brings back memories of the sweet old days, but still a pathetic situation
oh my god... the best reggae song ever out of nigeria.... memories from back in the days... new artists take a cue and stop all these rubbish songs you are all singing today.. these guys were the real artists.....
why did Nigerian reggae music died, I love it some because it has meaning
Most reggae singers sang freedom songs because Mandela was still in jail. Show me one Nigerian reggae artist who didn't sing about apatheid, and I'll streak in your neighbourhood. After his release, there was no need for freedom songs. Also, people began to favour Shabba Ranks type of reggae, which meant the old-school type became less popular. And let's not forget rap music - in the early 90's we all started listening to the Americans, and by the late 90's Nigerian rap became the most popular form of music, and it still is to this day.
He's still alive.
Waoooooo i love this music , i remember back in the days
Still very relevant in April 2022 as we build up to the 2023 elections in Nigeria and the global imperialistic tendencies and hypocrisy of so called developed world.
Nigerians and super talents!
Actually, Victor decided to marry that Akwa chick before he had even legally married Peggy, and she wasn't happy because the girl had moved into the house and taken over - he didn't really dump her, she left with her pride. Secondly, Peggy did indeed have two children, but they were not twins. Finally, as bkundekole hinted, Peggy could actually sing, but Victor restricted her to backing vocalist. She later released an album that was pretty good, but no-one bought it, poor woman.
the best ever from Victor
One of my favorites growing up
9ja reggae, that's wicked
Am crying now remains me of when I was young n innocent,Oh lord please help me!!!
Song makes me remember my childhood
yepa !!!!!!!!!...classic ooo... i miss HOME!!!.. i was in PRIMARY 3, when this JAM came out!!!...ABC NURSERY LAND in IKEJA!.
NICE SONG , WAHOO MANDATORS...